Clothes-line support.



A. G. .l. JACOBSEN & A. BLASER.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, I917.

1,232,817. Patented July 3,1917.

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APPLICATION HLED APR.2I. 1917.

Patented July 3, 1917.

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ARTHUR G. J". JACOBSEN AND ALEXANDER BLASER, 0 JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

Application filed April 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Ami-inn G. J. JACOB- SEN and ALEXANDER BLAsER, citizens of the United States, andresidents of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptlon. Thisinvention relates to laundry appliances and has particular reference to clothes line supports.

Among the objects of the invention 1s to provide an improved support for an endless clothes line, said support being adapted especially for use in or in connection with a window of an apartment house or the like whereby the operator may hang out a wash or remove the same from the line without reaching out of or beyond the window.

Another object of the inventionistosnnplify this class of devices whereby the operation or manipulation of the device and the clothes line may be performed with the maximum facility and without danger of soiling the clothes or subjecting the operator to any unnecessary liftlng 813111.111.

A still further object is to provlde a window clothes line support of such a nature that when the main arm of the support is swung around its pivot it may project horizontally within the building or vertically on the outside of the window without varying the tension on the line.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917.

Serial No. 164,866.

Fig. .1 is a vertical transverse section on the line 4% of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the main anchor or yoke portion includingthe outer end of the main arm with the parts adjusted for the purpose of dropping the main arm into the position of Fig. 2,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation corresponding upper and lowersashes being indicated at 11 and 12.

13 indicates a bracket of right angular form in plan view embracing the corner of the window frame and permanently secured thereto by means of nails, screws or other similar fasteners adjacent to the lower portion of the upper sash. Below the bracket 13 is another bracket 14 adjacent to the bottom of the window. This bracket is longer vertically than the other bracket and is provided with a vertical slot 15 having a notch or offset 15 on the outer side of the upper end thereof. This notch is duplicated at the other end of the slot for adaptation of the support to the right side of the window.

The main supporting arm is indicated at 16 and is pivoted permanently at 17 with its outer end lying within the U-shaped yoke 18 formed preferably as apart of the bracket 13. The pivot bolt 17 is preferably surrounded with a thimble or bushing 17, or its equivalent, to maintain the pivoted end of the arm in spaced relation to the free leg portion of the yoke to which it is pivoted. 19 indicates a slide fitted for free sliding movement longitudinally upon the arm 16. This slide comprises several features in ad dition to the main body thereof through which the arm 16 projects longitudinally. The outer end of the body is provided with an open face or slot 20 remote from the window frame or adjacent to the free leg portion of the yoke to receive the bushing and pivot bolt 17 when the slide is moved outward into the yoke. This movement, however, of the slide is limited by the wall 21 thereof striking against the free end of the yoke leg. Furthermore the slide is provided with a downward extension 22 upon which is pivoted a flanged roller 23, and a handle 24 is secured to the pivot to facilitate the manipulation of the slide. Again, the upper portion of the slide is provided with an outwardly projecting lip 25. A second pulley 26 is pivoted upon a stud 27 the axis of which-lies in the plane of the longitudinal center of the arm 16. This roller 26 also is grooved for the accommodation of the endless line 28 one run of which operates over the pulley 26 and the other run of, which lies in the space between the two, pulleys and held from displacement by the 11p 25 and the flanges of the, pulley 23. The description of the slide will be understood as being applicable particularly to it when in the position indicated in Figs. 1v and t, the arm being horizontal.

The bight or bend of the line that is car ried within thewindow operates over a pulley 29 having swivel connection with a'hook 30 or its equivalent secured at the inner end of the arm 16. A stop pin 31 limits the mward movement of the slide so as toprevent the slide from striking against the pulley 29.

32 indicates a brace bar having its upper end pivoted permanently at 33 tov the rear face of the slide, the heads of the rivet or pivot being countersunk, as shown best in Fig. 5. This pivot 33 is so arranged that when the slide is moved outward to its extreme position as shown in Fig. 5 it will lie coaxial with the pivot bolt 17. The lower end of the brace bar 32 is provided with a lug 34 fixed rigidly thereto and projecting inwardly through the slot 15 through which the lower endv of the brace bar is given a permanent but slidable connection with'the lower bracket. The main armand brace bar are both approximately of the same length and the parts so designed that when the main arm is swung inwardly and outwardly into horizontal position and the slide is moved inwardly toward the pulley 29, the lower end of the brace bar will be elevated so. that the lug 34 thereof will; enter the notch or offset 15 which will lock the arm and brace bar in the position indicated. (See Fig. 1).

The slide being so connected to themain arm as to be restricted to one possible movement, namely, the slidable movement endwise of the arm, and thebrace bar being locked at its lower end from all movement with respect to the lower bracket, it follows that neither free end of the arm or brace bar can turnaround its pivotal connection with the brackets when in locked position.

At 35' we provide ahook or keeper adapted to engage over the arm 16 when the arm is elevated to prevent all lateralvibration of the arm. This keeper is pivoted at 36 upon the inner face ofthe window frame 10.

It will be understood that the pulley 29 constitutes the main support or anchor for the clothes line, and with the parts arranged as shown in Fig. 1, with the guide pulleys 23 and 26 arrangedclose to the main holding pulley 29, the lower run of the clothes line will be free, the. operator applying the clothes toit on the inside of the window, and furthermore the operator may shift the line in either-direction by gripping a portion thereof that lies within the window for putting on or taking off the clothes.

When theclothes are all put upon the line and the window is to be closed the operator will. grasp the inner end of the arm 16 with one hand-to steady it and with the other hand will releasethe lug 34 from itslocking notch 15 allowing the lower end of the brace bar to movedownward while the operator, by graspingthehandle 24, will shove the slide directlyoutward against the yoke, the position indicated in Fig. 5. This movement is practically free-since the weight of theclothes line and its-contents is still borne directly upon the pulley 29 and hook 30. The pulleys23 and26, while the slide is moving outward, serve tomaintain the-two runs of. the-lineelevated. By this time then the arm and the bight of the line secured to the inner end thereof will-be freeto swing downwardly andi outwardly around the axis of the pivots 17 and 33. The two runs of the line in this position of, the support will lie practically at the level of the pivots just described so that the strain upon the linewill have nomaterial tendency to disturb the pendent position of the arm. The entire device is now outside of the window andout ofthe way-of the upper sash which may be closed as shown in Fig. 2. Practi cally the only efiort to whichthe operator is subjected in the entire operation is in the simple swinging of the arm 16-up or down and the shoving of the slide 19 in or out.

lVe claim 1;. The herein described clothes line support for windows, the same comprising an upper bracket having a yoke, a lower bracket having avertical slot, anarm having one end pivoted within the yoke, a brace bar having one end pivotal and slidable in said slot, a slide movable longitudinally of thearm, the opposite end of the brace bar being pivoted to the slide, means to connect the clothes lineto thefree end of the arm,

and guide means for the two runs of the line on theslide.

2. In a clothes line support, the combination of a main arm, a fixed pivot support for the outer end of the arm, means carried by the inner end of the arm to support the clothes line bight, a slide movable along the arm from-one-end to the other, anti-friction guide-means carried by the slide to support both runs of the line, a brace bar pivoted permanently tothe slide, the pivot of the brace bar being movable into axial alinement with the pivot for the outer end of the arm when the slide is moved outwardly along the arm, and means to determine the position of the lower end of the brace bar in locking position serving to hold the main arm in horizontal position while the slide is adjacent to the inner end of the arm.

3. In a clothes line support, the combination of a fixed bracket having a U-shaped yoke secured thereto, said yoke lying in a horizontal position with one free leg thereof projecting inwardly and spaced laterally from the bracket, a main arm having its outer end pivoted Within the yoke, means spacing said outer end from the free end thereof, a slide movable to and fro on the arm and having a slot along the side thereof remote from the bracket intowhich the pivot for the arm may enter, means to move the slide to and fro, a brace bar having one end permanently pivoted to the slide in axial alinement with the pivot for the arm when the slide is in its outward position, means permanently connecting the clothes line to the inner end of the arm, guide means carried by the slide to support the two runs of the line adjacent to the connecting means for the line when the arm is held in its hori- Zontal position, and means to lock the lower end of the brace bar in supporting position.

ARTHUR G. J. JACOBSEN. ALEXANDER BLASER.

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